On Sep 13, 2010, at 10:03 AM, c b wrote:
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> On the off chance that an 'overpowering, world dominating ... state'
> evolves, would it be imperialist, or just global?
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> martin
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> ^^^^^^^
> CB: When you say "evolves" are you referring to the US state changing ?
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> I don't know if you are familiar with Marx's concept of the whithering
> away of the state in communism. The Communist world system would be
> state-less, and thus not imperialist.
As far as I can tell the role of the US state is that of policer for global capitalism. Far from a withering away of capitalism, it is a withering away of the state as a nation. So I think that what I'm suggesting is that if capitalism proceeds to the stage of 'overpowering, world dominating ... state' then there is little to exercise an imperialist imperative upon. IOW, doesn't imperialism require resistance?
martin